The theme tune for Benny Hill or a 70’s German scat movie might be better.
This week has managed to elicit an emotion in me that I never thought would happen. Sympathy.
For Cunliffe for the way he has been treated and for Shearer for his continued umm problem and for the fact he is surrounded by spiteful children.

But Simon, that’s the thing. It clearly doesn’t, because he’s not doing very well at it. Whether this is because Labour Party factions are more fractious than Somali warlords, or because he’s just not familiar with the world of civilian politics, I don’t know. But it isn’t working.

I’m guessing that dealing with Somali warlords involves a lot more individual charisma and talking people down from acts of extreme violence, and a lot less aggressive point scoring for the media to demonstrate that you’re on top of the issues. But if Steven Joyce comes into the chamber packing heat and ready to go mano a mano on Charles Chauvel, Shearer is probably the guy to deal with the situation.